I was vaguely aware that Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright collaborated on TV before "Shaun of the Dead" but I only really got wind of Spaced when the show appeared on Amazon recently. Written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (who also star as Tim and Daisy) and directed by Edgar Wright "Spaced" is just brilliant and I can only recommend watching it. Tim and Daisy, two 20-somethings pretend to be a couple in order to get a cheap flat in London. Together with their quirky friends - the constantly drunk landlady Martha, the tortured artist Brian, the weapon obsessed Mike and the fashionable Twist - they get in a number of hilarious situations. This premise is not particularly special but the show gives is a special spin. One of the aspects that makes "Spaced" so great is that is isn't a relationship comedy. While it keeps hinting at Tim and Daisy having feelings for each other the focus is on the hijinks they get into. Also, unlike other - especially American - sitcoms "Spaced" is not moralistic: Tim and Daisy are flawed characters and fortunately there is no attempt to improve them or make them into better human beings. But it is Edgar Wright's special brand of directing that makes "Spaced" truly remarkable. If you have enjoyed watching other works of Wright you defintely have to watch "Spaced"!

(Warning: Edgar Wright fanboy bias alert!!!) Spaced is the first sitcom I've seen that eschews the banal you-say-this I-say-that style of sh*tty ('scuse my french) TV comedies like Big Bang Farts and Two and A Half Dead Weasels (Whoops, there I go again!). But seriously, the hilariously clever interwoven dialogue and filmy magic enhance the overall quality above standard fare like you wouldn't believe. Instead of just pointing a camera at funny-looking people saying painful things, Spaced gives a camera cocaine, then tells it to bounce around following believable characters doing unbelievable things on a journey that would otherwise be boring if weren't presented with such goddamn VIGOUR! Every glance, every thought, every random object that's dropped on the floor is magnified and pumped full of so much melodrama that everything becomes hilariously blown out of proportion. And, you know, exciting. So, if reading this short review hasn't made your pants rupture with unrestrained excitement, then perhaps nothing ever will. Well, at least until the next episode of Big Bang Farts comes out. (Heh. Gets me every time.)So, to sum it all up, go watch Spaced if you're into something funny, different, and totally NOT boring.

SPACED is a wonderfully written and terrifically acted British comedy. Much of the creative team went on to do the great SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Simon Pegg & Jessica Stevenson have such great give and take, such chemistry - they are a delight. The show is just funny - that's all it tries to do - yes the characters become three-dimensional and you care about them - but the pace of the show is so fast, so brisk, with tons of pop culture references - but the pace is like a runaway train (in a good way) and in the long one, Spaced just tries to make you laugh and they succeed. Little moments between friends, buddies hanging out in front of the TV - this is the kind of stuff the show nails - where you, the viewer, go - that is just like me and my mates when we were just hanging out. The rest of the cast is top notch and the actress who plays the older landlady, Marsha - is brilliant. American TV has bought the rights to this (sadly) and have butchered it twice in pilot form - I hope it never reaches the US screens in its "Americanized" version - where I am sure they will take all the rough edges off and give the typical US TV notes - "we have to like them - we want them to be good at their jobs." "Well, they don't really have jobs." "What??? That won't do."

I only saw one episode because I was on a plane. At first, I didn't like it but it grew on me about cartoonist who submitted the wrong picture to the man who can change his life forever. He has to get it before he sees it. Well remember the Mission Impossible scene where Tom Cruise has to break into the CIA but it's far more enjoyable and there are laughs along the way. The cast is unfamiliar to me personally. I don't get much newer British comedies in America but I think Simon Pegg does a wonderful job as does the other cast members. It's kind of quirky and silly but really enjoyable. I think Simon Pegg goes over the edge regarding the show's comedic appeal. It's not so much about Spaced as it is about average ordinary life in London and the characters who wish they were anything but ordinary and average.